The women's 48 kilograms weightlifting event at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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in
London
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,
United Kingdom
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, took place at
ExCeL London on 28 July.
Summary
Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the
snatch and the
clean and jerk
The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without rest ...
, with three lifts allowed for each lift. In case of a tie, the lighter lifter won; if still tied, the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won. Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk.
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time
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( UTC+01:00)
Records
*
Chen Xiexia's Olympic records were rescinded in 2017.
*
Nurcan Taylan's world record was rescinded in 2021.
Results
References
Results
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Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Women's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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